Birth Stories
Get ready to be inspired! From natural birth stories and C-sections to births at home and cars, our collection of real-life experiences shared by mums in our Facebook due date groups will leave you in awe.
Birth Story: Mum Gives Birth to Surprise Twins
Lyndsey had just birthed her baby, and thought she could finally relax – until she felt another ‘ring of fire’, and along came another baby. […]
Birth Story: Diary of an Accidental Home Birth
After her first baby, Jayne Jones was a nervous about going through labour again. Feeling she needed to be better prepared this time, she did […]
Birth Story: I Was Told it Was ‘Trapped Wind’ then Gave Birth
Charlotte had just smashed out a seven-kilometre run, five k walks and a cycling session when she started having tummy pains. Incredibly, a doctor dismissed […]
Birth Story: Katie and Brock’s IVF Journey Against All Odds
After losing their first baby not long after birth, Brock and Katie spent years searching for answers to their heartbreaking loss and trying desperately to […]
Birth Story: Fitness Star Emily Skye’s Dramatic Home Birth
Fitness influencer Emily Skye has given birth to her baby boy on the floor at home, revealing the dramatic birth in a series of photos […]
Birth Story: I Was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer While Pregnant
Already mum to one miracle child, Jessica was thrilled when she finally fell pregnant again after 18 months of trying. After almost losing her firstborn […]
Birth story: ‘I had an accidental home birth … twice’
With one unplanned home birth already under her belt, Kirsty Gale was determined to make it to the hospital for the arrival of her third […]
Birth Story: The Car Park Birth Caught on Camera
With all the drama of a movie script, this heart-thumping birth story is equal parts beautiful and thrilling … and it was all captured on […]
Birth Story: ‘My Body Was Shutting Down’
High school sweethearts Nick and Natasha Boreland had tried for years to become parents and were over the moon when they overcame fertility issues to […]
Birth Story: Mum Gives Birth Alone, Sends Selfie to Husband
Patricia is one fierce mumma. Not only did she give birth to her third child on her own, standing in her bedroom, the New South […]
Birth Story: Mum plans on livestreaming her unassisted birth
Single mum-of-two Tahlia Duignan is planning to livestream her unassisted homebirth, in a bid to educate other mums about freebirthing. The 24-year-old is has created a […]
Birth Story: Birthing at home, alone, with everyone locked outside
Babies arrive in their own sweet time – and if that happens to be when you’ve locked yourself inside your home, with your doula on […]
Birth Story: Shelley’s Serene Home Water Birth
Determined to birth at home, Shelly McKenzie’s water broke on her outside dunny as the rain poured down. If ever there was a true-blue Aussie […]
Birth Story: After 10 Boys, Mum Welcomes First Baby Girl
After giving birth to 10 boys in a row, Alexis Brett was convinced her eleventh baby would also be a bouncing little bundle of blue. […]
Birth Story: Principal helps teacher deliver baby at school
A teacher has given her students an eye-opening education after giving birth at school. Lindsay Agbalokwu wasn’t due to have her second bub until next […]